Gelfand,B (2741) - Mamedyarov,S (2763)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/14/2010
Round 9

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.d4 Be6 10.e4 Bc4 11.Re1 Qd7 12.Nd2 Ba6 13.e5 Rad8 14.h4 b6 15.h5 Na5 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Nb3 Nc4 18.Qe2 Qe6 19.Bf4 Qf7 20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Qxa6 g5 22.Be3 g4 23.Bf4 Nf3+ 24.Bxf3 gxf3 25.Qd3 Qh5 26.Re3 c5 27.Rxf3 cxd4 28.cxd4 Bh6 29.Kg2 Bxf4 30.gxf4 Qf5 31.Rd1 Kh8 32.Qxf5 Rxf5 33.d5 b5 34.Rd4 a5 35.Rc3 Rdf8 36.Rc7 1-0

Wang Hao (2727) - Karjakin,Sergey (2760)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/14/2010
Round 9

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.a3 Be6 10.b4 a5 11.b5 Nd4 12.Rb1 Nd5 13.Na4 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 f5 15.Bb2 Bd6 16.Qb3 Nf4 17.Qc2 Nh3+ 18.Kg2 Ng5 19.Bxb7 Rb8 20.Bc6 f4 21.Nc5 f3+ 22.exf3 Bh3+ 23.Kh1 Nxf3 24.Qc4+ Kh8 25.Ne6 Bxe6 26.Qxe6 Nd2 27.Rbd1 Nxf1 28.Rxf1 Rf6 29.Qc4 Qf8 30.f3 Bxa3 31.Bxe5 Rf7 32.Bd5 Rd7 33.Bxc7 Rxc7 34.Qxc7 Rxb5 35.Qd7 Rb8 36.Re1 Bb2 37.Re6 Rd8 38.Qb5 a4 39.Qxa4 Bf6 40.Be4 g6 41.Kg2 Bd4 42.h4 Qc5 43.h5 Qc1 44.hxg6 Qg1+ 45.Kh3 Bf2 46.Re8+ Kg7 47.Re7+ Kf8 48.Rf7+ Kg8 49.gxh7+ Kh8 50.Kg4 Qxg3+ 51.Kf5 Bd4 52.Qc6 Qh3+ 53.Kg6 Qg3+ 54.Kf5 Qh3+ 55.Kg6 Qg3+ 56.Kf5 1/2-1/2

Eljanov,P (2742) - Aronian,L (2801)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/14/2010
Round 9

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nge4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Be7 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.Bd2 c5 16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Ba5 Qc6 19.Bf1 Rfc8 20.Rac1 a6 21.Qd3 Qd5 22.a3 Be7 23.Bc3 Qxd3 24.Bxd3 Bd5 25.Bd4 Kf8 26.f4 g6 27.Kf2 Ke8 28.g3 f5 29.h3 h5 30.h4 Kd7 31.Ke2 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Rc8 33.Rxc8 Kxc8 34.b4 1/2-1/2

Grischuk,A (2771) - Nakamura,Hi (2741)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/14/2010
Round 9

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 c6 8.Nbd2 a5 9.c4 Na6 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.a3 Re8 12.e4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Bf5 14.Nh4 Bxe4 15.Bxe4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 e5 17.dxe5 Qb6 18.Qc2 dxe5 19.Bc1 Nc5 20.Rb1 Ne6 21.Be3 Nd4 22.Qe4 Qc5 23.a4 Qb4 24.Kg2 Re7 25.Nf3 Nf5 26.Rfd1 Nxe3+ 27.fxe3 Rf8 28.Rf1 Qa3 29.h4 Ref7 30.Qc2 Qc5 31.Rbe1 Bh6 32.Qe4 Qb4 33.Rb1 Qc3 34.Rbd1 Qxb3 35.Rd3 Qc2+ 36.Rf2 Qb1 37.Rf1 Qc2+ 38.Rf2 Qxa4 39.h5 gxh5 40.Rd6 Bg7 41.Kh3 h6 42.Rg6 Qb4 43.Nh4 Qe7 44.Rd2 Rf6 45.c5 Qe6+ 46.Kg2 Rxg6 47.Nxg6 Ra8 48.Qb1 Qf7 49.Rf2 Qd7 50.Kh2 Qe6 51.Qxb7 Re8 52.Nh4 Rf8 53.Rxf8+ Bxf8 54.Qa8 Qa2+ 55.Ng2 Qd5 56.Qxa5 Qxc5 57.Qa8 Kg7 58.Nh4 Qc2+ 59.Kh3 Qe4 60.Qb7+ Kf6 61.Kh2 Be7 62.Qa8 Kf7 63.Qb7 Qc4 64.Qc7 Qe2+ 65.Ng2 Qb5 66.Nh4 Qb2+ 67.Kh3 Qc1 68.Kh2 Qd2+ 69.Kh3 Qd6 70.Qb7 Ke6 71.Nf3 Bf6 72.e4 Qd7 73.Qb8 Kf7+ 74.Kg2 Qe6 75.Kh2 Kg7 76.Qc7+ Kg6 77.Qb8 c5 78.Qf8 c4 79.Qc5 h4 80.Nd2 Qg4 81.Nxc4 Qe2+ 82.Kh3 Qxe4 83.Kh2 Qe2+ 84.Kh3 Qf3 85.Nxe5+ Bxe5 86.Qxe5 Qh1+ 87.Kg4 Qd1+ 88.Kh3 Qh1+ 89.Kg4 Qd1+ 90.Kh3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

Kramnik,V (2791) - Shirov,A (2735)
Tal Memorial (Moscow RUS), 11/14/2010
Round 9

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Rc1 h6 9.Bh4 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qxa3 12.Qd2 b5 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O Bb7 15.c4 bxc4 16.Bxc4 N5b6 17.Bd3 Rfc8 18.Bb1 c5 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Qd6 Qa4 21.Nd4 Qd7 22.Qf4 g5 23.Qf6 gxh4 24.Qxh6 f5 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.Nxe6 Rac8 27.Qg6+ Kh8 28.Qf6+ Kg8 29.Bxf5 Rxf5 30.Qxf5 Bd5 31.Qg5+ Kf7 32.Nf4 Bc4 33.Ra1 Rg8 34.Qh5+ Kf8 35.Qxh4 Bf7 36.h3 Rg7 37.Qh8+ Rg8 38.Qf6 Nd5 39.Qd4 Qf5 40.Rxa7 Nxf4 41.exf4 Qd5 42.Qb4+ Kg7 43.Qe7 Kh8 44.Qh4+ Qh5 45.Qf6+ Rg7 46.f5 Kg8 47.Kh2 Qe2 48.Qd4 Qc4 49.Qxc4 Bxc4 50.Rxg7+ Kxg7 51.g4 Kf6 52.Kg3 Ke5 53.h4 Bd5 54.h5 Bb3 55.h6 Bg8 56.Kh4 Kf6 57.f3 Bh7 58.Kh5 Bg8 59.g5+ 1-0